Christianity - Biographies
Two Short Catechisms
The first edition of these Catechisms issued from the press in 1645. Dr Owen had at that time the charge of the parish of Fordham in Essex, …
The History of the Church of Christ
It is certain, that from our Saviour's time to the present, there have ever been persons whose dispositions and lives have been formed by th…
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints : with reflections for every day in the year : compiled from "Butler's Lives" and other appro…
Raymond Lull
With his vast knowledge in a wide range of subjects, Raymond Lull was a Renaissance man before the time of the Renaissance. After encounteri…
A Life of St. John
This is a thorough treatment of the Apostle John whose life is intertwined with that of Christ, as one of the inner core and as the disciple…
Indian Converts of Martha's Vineyard
This work is actually two "essays" which circulated together, one addended to the other. The first, Indian converts: or, Some acco…
Twenty Years on Horseback
William Weekley was graduate of Asbury Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky, and a bishop in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. From the au…
Letters from New Zealand
"Being some Account of Life and Work in the Province of Canterbury, South Island." A set fo 26 letters covering the Author's perio…
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
This is a picturesque and moving account of the life and work of Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1774-1821), the first native-born citizen of th…
The Life that Counts
Borden of Yale '09 is the inspiring biography of William Borden, a young American millionaire. During a trip around the world, Borden commit…
Pope Adrian IV
Pope Adrian IV (c. 1100-1159, pope 1154-1159) was the only English pope. Written by a Catholic in 1849, this biography of the pope appeare…
A Casket of Cameos
Frank Boreham was a well known preacher who served in England, Australia, and New Zealand. He published dozens of books and thousands of edi…
The Letters of John Knox
The letters... will perhaps more clearly exhibit the temper and character of Knox, than his more elaborate compositions: but to understand t…
Phillips Brooks
Phillips Brooks (1835 - 1893) was one of the finest and most famous clergyman in the nineteenth century; he was acknowledged as a masterful …
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints : with reflections for every day in the year : compiled from "Butler's Lives" and other appro…
War Memories of an Army Chaplain
Henry Clay Trumbull was the Chaplain of the Tenth Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers in the American Civil War. In this memoir, he gives his…
Jesus Christ Had Negro Blood in His Veins
This short work attempts to establish that Jesus had black ancestry dating back to Ham, the son of Noah, who had been made black-skinned as …
John G. Paton, Missionary to the New Hebrides
Despite the trouble and dangers John G. Paton had faced on the island of Tanna (as recounted in the first part of his autobiography), his tr…
Scripture Characters
Nineteen studies of figures from the Bible - some well-known and some obscure. The discourses were originally written as sermons and then re…
Among the Mongols
A contemporary critic said of Among the Mongols by James Gilmour, "Robinson Crusoe has turned missionary, lived years in Mongolia, and …